Explanatory Notes
All Ford Library manuscript and other non-audiovisual collections are listed
here alphabetically by title. Most collections are technically subgroups
of the Gerald Ford Papers, but many other donations and deposits are included
as well. When you read the collection entries, please bear in mind these
points:

A person's "Files" are materials left in the White
House to become part of the Ford Papers. A person's "Papers" are
materials that he or she held privately and later donated to the library.
The difference in content can be very small.

Every collection that is open to research has its own finding aid--a narrative
explanation and summation of contents plus a list of folder titles. Full
finding
aids to open collections can be viewed by clicking on collection titles below.

Collection topics are mentioned selectively in order to illustrate contents.
They are not comprehensive listings.

A parenthetical date, such as (1971) 1974-76, means that a small body
of material is dated earlier or later than the bulk of the material.

AMERICA
SINCE HOOVER:Selected documents from the Presidential libraries,
1929-80 (5
feet)
This is a compilation of letters, diary entries, diplomatic cables, memos,
and transcripts selected and reproduced by Presidential libraries from their
holdings in 1991. The items were assembled for high school instructional use
as an archival sampler at each library. Topics range from the 1931 Japanese
invasion of Manchuria to the 1967 Detroit riot and Carter administration concerns
about ozone depletion.

AMERICAN
CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, Inc.:Records, 1972-86 (50 feet)
The ACCL was a national membership organization with early ties to the National
Right to Life Committee. It undertook an advocacy and educational mission regarding
abortion, maternal and child health programs, death and dying issues of the
elderly, and other health care issues. There is a large unprocessed accretion.
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

ANDERSON,
GWEN A.:Files, 1974-77 (12 feet) Assistant to White House Counsellors Dean Burch and
Robert Hartmann; White House Editorial Staff: Editor, Presidential Messages
and Research.
Anderson was a liaison with local, state, and national Republican Party organizations.
Most of her files concern routine aspects of Presidential messages and trip
planning, interspersed with reports and comments on the political scene. The
files of Robert
Hartmann and John
Calkins are closely related.

ANDERSON, ROBERT:Papers, (1948) 1965-95 (16 feet) State Department: posts include Press Spokesperson
and Special Assistant for Press Affairs to Henry Kissinger; and Ambassador
to Dahomey , Morocco ,
and the Dominican Republic .
The collection contains materials primarily documenting the public side of diplomacy, especially Henry Kissinger’s public statements and press conferences (1974-75) and Robert Anderson’s later positions as U.S. Ambassador to Morocco and the Dominican Republic.

ANDERSON,
STANTON:Papers, (1972) 1975-76 (one foot) President Ford Committee: Republican National Convention
Operations Director.
President Ford's annotated original reading copy of his nomination acceptance
speech to the Republican National Convention is the collection highlight. Other
files concern convention scheduling, communication facilities,
assignments, budget, security, space allocation, and White House liaison are
the main topics.

ARANDA,
THOMAS, JR.:Files, 1975-77 (5 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Special Assistant to the
President for Hispanic Affairs.
Aranda was a White House liaison with Hispanic Americans. Immigration, community
development, federal employment, and senior appointments were major concerns.
Related material is in predecessor Fernando
De Baca's files and in Reynaldo
Maduro's files.

ARMENTROUT,
RUSSELL H.:Files, 1974-77 (30 feet) First Lady's Staff: Director of the Social Entertainments
Office.
Material pertaining to social events at
the White House, Camp David, aboard the yacht Sequoia,
and occasionally during State visits abroad. Also includes material about White
House Christmas cards and events, and about public requests for acknowledgement
of birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations.

ARMSTRONG,
ANNE:Files, 1973-74 (1 foot) Counselor to the President.
This is a fragmentary file of speeches, memorandums, and courtesy correspondence.

ASMUS,
LARRY and PAULINE:Papers, 1975-77 (2 feet) California-based members of the Bicentennial Wagon
Train
The collection documents the Asmus family's participation on the Bicentennial
Wagon Train, especially along the Santa Fe Trail .

ASSASSINATION RECORDS REVIEW BOARD:Photocopy of diary of Gerald R. Ford, November 22,
1963 to September 27, 1964. (less than one foot)
The Board acquired from Gerald Ford a photocopy of his personal diary for the
period between the assassination of President Kennedy and the release of the
Warren Commission's report. The Board then made this copy for the Ford Library. Open
to research.

BAROODY,
WILLIAM J., JR.:Files, 1974-75 (1976) (21 feet) Public Liaison Office: Assistant to the President.
The Public Liaison Office, headed by Baroody, fostered better communication
between the White House and voluntary organizations and interest groups concerned
with social or economic issues. Special White House briefings and conferences
were a major part of the office's work.

BAROODY,
WILLIAM J., Jr.:Papers, 1961-88 (200 feet)Assistant to Melvin Laird as Congressman and Secretary
of Defense; Assistant for Public Liaison to Presidents Nixon and Ford; President,
American Enterprise Institute.
Materials in this collection are from Baroody’s 1961-77 government service. It concerns a wide range of policy
issues and administrative matters, as well as Republican Party affairs. Materials
from Baroody’s post-government work at AEI, however, remains entirely
unprocessed and closed to research.

BELIN, DAVID:Papers, (1961) 1963-88 (28 feet) Counsel to the Warren Commission, Executive Director of the Rockefeller Commission, Attorney, and Author.
Material concerning Belin’s work on the staffs of the Warren Commission (1964), investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and the Rockefeller Commission (1975), investigating alleged intelligence community abuses of U.S. law. The collection also includes much on his unofficial role as a leading defender of the Warren Commission report against such critics as Mark Lane, G. Robert Blakey, and Oliver Stone.

BRANDON,
RON:Papers, 1975-76 (less than one foot) President Ford Committee chairman for Bell
County , Texas .
Newsclippings, correspondence, and press releases concerning the Republican
primary and November general election in Bell County , Texas .

BUCHEN,
PHILIP W.:Files, 1974-77 (47 feet) Counsel to the President.
Ford's longtime friend and former law partner, Buchen directed the White House
legal staff. He advised and assisted the President, his family, and White House
staff, on constitutional and statutory powers and duties, campaign law, conflict
of interest, judicial appointments, legislation, legal documents, and contacts
with regulatory agencies, among other matters. Selected subjects include: the
Nixon papers and pardon, the Vietnam War and the War Powers Resolution, and
the nomination of John Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court. A file series on
congressional investigations of the intelligence community is closed.

BUCHEN,
PHILIP W.:Papers, (1962) 1973-92 (2 feet)
Speeches, clippings, correspondence, souvenirs and other material on both
social and official matters. Includes some of Mrs. Buchen's desk
calendars and her sporadic diary notes early in the Ford presidency.

BURCH,
DEAN:Files, 1974 (3 feet) Counsellor to the President for Political Affairs.
Although uneven in quality and fragmentary in scope, the files document Burch's
political advice from August to December 1974, including White House relations
with the Republican Party, the 1974 elections, and other matters.

BURNS,
ARTHUR F.:Papers, 1969-87 (239 feet) Counsellor to President Nixon, 1969-70. Federal
Reserve System Board of Governors: Chairman, 1970-78. Ambassador to Federal
Republic of Germany, 1981-85.
Most materials are from Burns' tenure on the Federal Reserve Board, although
one important segment concerns domestic policy development in the first year
of the Nixon Presidency. The Board was deeply involved in international and
domestic monetary affairs, and the Burns Papers are an exceptional resource
for both. Other prominent topics include, on the domestic side, innovations
in banking practices, regulatory issues, inflation, the federal government's
role as an emergency loan guarantor for corporations and municipalities, and
an increased congressional role in Federal Reserve Board operations. Selected
international topics include balance of payments, floating exchange rates,
recycling of dollars earned by oil exporters, and multilateral financial assistance.
Federal Open Market Committee materials, 1970-78, are among the open files
and include verbatim transcripts of meetings and telephone conferences March
1976 - March 1978. Burns' papers as ambassador to West Germany
and some lesser files are currently being processed. Materials will be opened as work is completed. A useful supplement
to this collection is Wyatt Wells, Economist
in an Uncertain World: Arthur Burns and the Federal Reserve, 1970-78,
(1994). See also the Burns handwritten journals in the below entry.

BURNS,
ARTHUR F.:
Private Journals, 1969-74 (less than one foot)Counsellor to President Nixon, 1969-70. Federal Reserve
System Board of Governors: Chairman, 1970-78.
Burns sporadically kept a private journal or diary
between January 20, 1969 and July 25, 1974 while serving as Counsellor to President
Richard Nixon and then Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. View a transcript of the Burns journals.

BUTTERFIELD,
KEENEY and AMBERG, ATTORNEYS:Papers, 1943-64 (less than one foot)
Gerald Ford joined this Grand Rapids firm upon discharge from the Navy in 1946.
Most of the collection is Ford's correspondence with friend Philip Buchen and
others in the firm, 1945-52. The correspondence, most concerning routine
matters, comes from the office of a successor firm.

BUTTERFIELD,
ALEXANDER:Collected items, 1973 (less than one foot) Deputy Assistant to President Nixon.
Butterfield revealed the existence of the Nixon White House taping system during
a private interview with Senate staff on July 13, 1973 . Included here are
the stenographer's notes and a copy of the interview summary with Butterfield's
annotations.

CABINET
MEETINGS:Collected items, 1974-76 (2 feet)
Cabinet meeting agendas, attendees' meeting notes and minutes, and closely
related items are scattered through many Ford Library collections. In 1994,
Ford Library staff attempted to locate and photocopy these core items in order
to create this artificial collection for the convenience of researchers. Background
papers on individual meeting topics were not copied for this collection. This
set of reproductions is not subject-indexed in PRESNET, but most of the scattered
originals were previously indexed. SPECIAL NOTE: View minutes of many Cabinet meetings, contemporaneous biographies of Cabinet
members, and more.

CALKINS,
JOHN T.:Files, 1975-76 (2 feet) Executive Assistant to Robert T. Hartmann.
Calkins assisted primarily in White House relations with local, state, and
national Republican Party organizations from January 1975 to January 1976.

CALLAWAY,
HOWARD H. "BO":Papers, 1972-77 (1979) (2 feet) Department of the Army: Secretary, 1973-75. President
Ford Committee: Chairman, 1975-76.
Included are miscellaneous materials from Callaway's posts in government and
the 1976 campaign, and a detailed legal file on the Crested Butte Resort ethics
controversy.

CANNON,
JAMES M.:Files, 1975-77 (36 feet) Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.
Domestic Council: Executive Director.
The collection provides a good, top-level view of most domestic policy issues,
and it is a key source on management of the Domestic Council's staff and operations.
Also, portions can be helpful on domestic program budget reviews, Cannon's
limited role in the 1976 campaign, and Vice President Rockefeller's role in
the administration. Cannon was an assistant to Rockefeller when Ford selected
him as domestic affairs assistant.

CANNON,
JAMES M.:Papers, 1974-79 (16 feet)
The Cannon Papers are closely related to the Cannon Files, albeit less comprehensive
in the scope of domestic policy issues covered. Notable here are segments on
Vice President Rockefeller, the 1976 and 1977 State of the Union Addresses,
the fiscal year 1978 budget process, and Ford's Puerto Rican statehood proposal.

CANNON, JAMES M.:Research interviews and notes for Time and Chance, 1989-94 (2
feet)
The collection consists of research
materials for Cannon's book Time and Chance: Gerald Ford's Appointment with History (1994) and a projected second volume. Included are transcripts and audiotapes of Cannon's interviews with President Ford and Ford's family and associates. Also included are notes and transcript excerpts from Trevor Armbrister’s 1977 interviews with
President Ford during writing of Ford’s memoir A Time to Heal.

CASSELMAN,
WILLIAM E.:Files, 1974-75 (2 feet) Office of Counsel to the President: Counsel to the
President.
The files represent only a fragment of Casselman's work and concern such topics
as crime policy, privacy law, the Nixon-Ford transition, and the Interagency
Classification Review Committee. Many more of Casselman's workproducts may
be found in the Kenneth
Lazarus Files.

CAVANAUGH,
JAMES H.:Files, 1974-76 (2 feet) Domestic Council: Associate Director for Human Resources;
Deputy Director for Operations. Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic
Affairs.
For most of his Ford White House tenure, Cavanaugh was deputy to Domestic Council
executive directors Kenneth
Cole and James
Cannon. This collection is a daily file of his outgoing correspondence,
primarily memos to other White House staff.

CAVANEY, BYRON M. "RED":Files, 1974-77 (89 feet) Scheduling and Advance Office: Special Assistant to the President. Advance Office: Director.
Materials concerning the operation of the White House Advance Office and its logistical planning for foreign and domestic Presidential trips. The majority of the collection has not been processed; only the International Trips Series has been processed and made available for research. This series documents President Ford’s trips to Mexico, Asia, Europe, the Pacific Basin, and Puerto Rico from October 1974 through June 1976.

CHANOCK,
FOSTER:Files, 1975-76 (2 feet) White House Operations Office: Staff Assistant
to Richard Cheney.
Chanock was a liaison with the President Ford Committee's polling operation.
His files include his analyses of such issues as "Presidentiality" and
Gerald Ford's and Ronald Reagan's electability versus Jimmy Carter.

CHAPMAN,
DUDLEY:Files, 1974-76 (6 feet) Office of the Counsel to the President: Associate
Counsel to the President.
Most of the materials concerns Chapman's work on Civil Aeronautics Board decisions
and airline regulatory reform. Chapman's other work is reflected in more fragmentary
files on such miscellaneous topics as domestic nuclear industry security, coyote
control, document declassification requests. See the Kenneth
Lazarus Files for additional material created by Chapman and his peers
in the Counsel's office.

CHENEY,
RICHARD B.:Files, 1974-77 (8 feet) White House Operations Office: Deputy Assistant to
the President; Assistant to the President.
As an assistant to Donald Rumsfeld and then as his successor, Cheney worked
in the center of White House activities. His files concern domestic issues,
foreign affairs, White House management, congressional investigations of the
intelligence community, Supreme Court and other appointments, and the 1974
and 1977 Presidential transitions. Extensive material on the 1976 campaign
includes weekly reports from the Ford campaign organization, plus Ford's notes
from telephone calls to Republican convention delegates. There is an October
1976 planning memo for Ford's second term, should he have won the election. View digital images of the documents.

CHERNE,
LEO:Papers, 1973-77 (1986) (4 feet) President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board:
Member, 1973-76; Chair, 1976-77. Intelligence Oversight Board: Member,
1976-77.
The papers include informal correspondence with people prominent in the intelligence
community and material on the origins and duties of the intelligence boards.
There is little or no material on specific intelligence operations.

COLE,
KENNETH, JR.:Files, 1974-75 (1 foot) Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs.
Domestic Council: Executive Director.
Cole headed Nixon's Domestic Council staff, remaining to serve Ford until early
1975. Although Cole's files are incomplete, the collection is significant for
his notes from various Presidential meetings and for brief but regularly-made
notes and checklists from White House senior staff meetings.

COLLINS,
HELEN M.:Files, (1974) 1976-77 (1 foot) Press Secretary's Office: Television Coordinator.
Collins provided day-to-day production support for Presidential television
appearances. The file is largely routine but contains a few items on 1976 campaign
media evaluations and strategy. Robert Mead was Ford's television advisor and
Collins's supervisor, but he left no files among the Ford Papers.

COMPOSITE
GENERAL ACCESSIONS, 1902-2013 (6 feet)
Miscellaneous items relating to Gerald Ford or his administration form this
collection. Donors include citizens, former officials, scholars and others.
The earlier accessions are open, but subsequent accessions are unprocessed
and therefore closed.

COMPOSITE
GRAND RAPIDS ACCESSIONS, 1912-2013 (3 feet)
Miscellaneous items relating to Gerald Ford and donated by Grand Rapids area
residents form this collection. Donors include Ford's scoutmaster, associates
in his 1948 campaign, constituents, and others. The earlier accessions are
open, but subsequent accessions are unprocessed and therefore closed.

COMPOSITE
ORAL HISTORY ACCESSIONS, 1971-present (less than 1 foot)
Some researchers have donated tapes or transcripts of their research interviews
with former President Ford and other administration officials. When a donation
involves a single interview or a very few, that donation may be added to this
collection. New researchers should credit interview donors when citing this
material. Larger donations appear in this guide as separate collections. The
earlier accessions are open, but subsequent accessions are unprocessed and
therefore closed.

CONNOR,
JAMES E.:Files, 1974-77 (23 feet) White House Staff Secretary. Secretary to the Cabinet.
As Cabinet Secretary, Connor organized Cabinet meetings, facilitated Cabinet
member access to Ford, and mobilized Cabinet members on behalf of Presidential
initiatives. His files include minutes of selected Cabinet meetings, October
1974-October 1975. As a protege of Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, Connor accumulated
files on management of the White House Office, especially personnel levels;
Presidential scheduling; and early planning for the 1976 campaign. As Staff
Secretary, Connor accumulated files of issue and personnel documents that went
to Ford and files of memoranda that communicated to staff Ford's decisions.
The collection also relates to reform and oversight of the intelligence community,
the White House Fellows program, and Connor's special interest in energy policy.

DANNENHAUER,
JANE:Files, 1974-77 (65 feet) Office of the Counsel to the President: Staff Assistant.
Open to research is a sanitized version of the extensive 1974 FBI background
investigation of Vice President-designate Nelson Rockefeller. All other portions
of this collection are unprocessed/closed.

DE
BACA, FERNANDO:Files, 1974-76 (7 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Special Assistant to the
President for Hispanic Affairs.
De Baca, like his successor Thomas
Aranda, was an advocate for Hispanic Americans and a White House spokesman
to them. The files document his role as communicator more than policymaker
in such areas as bilingual education, employment opportunity, community development,
and immigration.

DOMESTIC
COUNCIL COMPUTER OFFICE:Files, 1975-76 (11 feet)
Domestic Council administrative staff tracked memos, letters, and enrolled
bills by computer after November 1975. In box 1 are computer printouts that
inventory these documents and provide cumbersome access to succeeding boxes
of document copies and control sheets, all arranged by control number. The
control numbers approximate chronological order. Much of this material is duplicated
in collections of Domestic Council staff.
See "Must I make advance arrangements to see
certain "open" collections?"

DOWNS,
MARIA:Files, 1974-77 (12 feet) First Lady's Staff: Social Secretary.
The Social Secretary planned official and private social events hosted by the
President or Mrs. Ford. She and Mrs. Ford selected entertainment, menu, and
decor for state dinners, holiday events, special receptions, and smaller private
gatherings. Most were held in the White House, but some were at Camp David
, U.S. embassies, and aboard the U.S.S. Sequoia. Downs and her predecessors,
Lucy Winchester and Nancy Lammerding Ruwe, worked closely with Mrs. Ford, the
President's staff, and the State Department Chief of Protocol.

DOWNS,
MARIA:Papers, 1975-77 (1 foot)
Included is an unpublished, upbeat book manuscript, "Mostly Wine and
Roses," and
other drafts and articles related to Downs 's work.

DOWNTON,
DOROTHY E.:Files, (1972) 1974-77 (2 feet) President's Office: Personal Secretary to the President.
Downton assisted the President and First Family with personal correspondence
and records of living and entertainment expenses. She also accumulated a few
files on official and political matters, including a 1976 campaign strategy
book and related media plan.

ELLIOTT,
ROLAND:Files, 1974-77 (18 feet) Editorial/Speechwriting Staff: Director of Correspondence
and Deputy Special Assistant to the President.
Includes such administrative material as weekly public mail reports and analyses,
an office manual, master form letters and response cards, and related attachments.
Much of the collection is carbon copies of routine outgoing letters
sent over Elliotts' signature or the President's mechanical signature.
See "Must
I make advance arrangements to see certain "open" collections?"

ERICSON,
CLIFFORD:
Scrapbook on the American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976 (less
than one foot) Citizen and celebrant of the Bicentennial.
Ericson
solicited and received letters from all U.S. governors on what the Bicentennial
meant to them. He compiled these letters and related items in a personal
scrapbook.

EVES,
JEFFREY P. and JOHN SHLAES :Files, 1974-76 (12 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Directors of White
House Conferences.
Eves and successor Shlaes organized White House conferences, briefings, and
field conferences for representatives of business, labor, student, women's
and other interest groups. Most events were town hall-type forums on major
domestic and economic issues. Arrangements and proceedings are much better
documented than policy impact.

FALK,
JAMES:Files, 1974-75 (1976) (14 feet) Domestic Council: Associate Director for Intergovernmental
Affairs.
Falk handled White House relations with U.S. territorial, state and local government
officials and their organizations and lobbies. Renewal of the general revenue
sharing program and the economic impact of military base closings are typical
and prominent concerns.

FIELD,
H. JAMES, JR.:Files, 1976 (less than one foot) White House Operations Office: Staff Assistant
to Richard Cheney.
Field responded to routine campaign requests for Presidential messages, endorsements
of candidates, and fundraising letters. Also included is a small file on campaign
telephone calls made by Mrs. Ford.

FISHER,
WILLIAM L.:Papers, (1974) 1976-77 (2 feet) Department of the Interior: Assistant Secretary for
Energy and Minerals.
This is primarily a file of outgoing memos and letters from 1976, arranged
by date, on such topics as energy and mineral leases on public lands and the
continental shelf, ocean mining, mine health and safety, and mineral and energy
stockpiles. Two 1974 briefing books concern a variety of Interior Department
issues.

FLETCHER,
ARTHUR:Files, 1976 (3 feet) Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs.
Fletcher advised and represented the President on such matters as urban affairs,
minority businesses, and black colleges and universities.

FORD
LIBRARY PROJECT FILE OF DOCUMENTS DECLASSIFIED THROUGH THE REMOTE ARCHIVE CAPTURE
(RAC) PROGRAM:
Copies of documents, 1969-77 (20 feet)
This artificial collection includes copies of all Ford Library documents that have been declassified, wholly or partly, under the RAC program since November 2008. Earlier RAC openings are omitted. The
Project File's main value is temporary access to declassified material until the source collection itself is processed and opened.
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

FORD
LIBRARY PROJECT FILE ON THE PRESIDENT KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT:
Photocopies
of documents, 1959-92 (2 feet)
Included here are duplicate photocopies of those Ford Library documents that
were released by the President Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board and
which are now, in photocopy form, part of the Center for President Kennedy
Assassination Records at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. Because
the source or master copies of these documents are scattered in numerous Library
collections, several of which are currently unprocessed and closed, this Project
File affords the public with a convenient alternative means of access.

FORD
LIBRARY PROJECT FILE ON PINOCHET/CHILE: Photocopies of documents, 1970-76 (less
than one foot)
Included here are duplicate photocopies of those Ford Library documents that
were released under a Clinton Administration program concerned with human rights
and U.S. relations with Chile . Because the source or master copies of these
documents are scattered in many Library collections, several of which are currently
unprocessed and closed, this Project File affords the public with a convenient
alternative means of access.

FORD,
BETTY:Papers, 1973-2011 (142 feet)
Trip and local event case files for the White House period outline Mrs. Ford's
activities, including political travels, ceremonies, and White House dinners
and entertainments. Also open is a select collection of popular magazine articles
about Ford family members. Other segments are closed to research. For closely
related collections, see the White
House Social Office Central Files and the listing of First
Lady's Staff files.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Congressional papers, 1948-73 (921 feet)
Ford's campaigns, voting record, bill sponsorship, speeches, newsletters, and
press releases are documented, 1948-73. Ford's work on House committees to
1965, and as Minority Leader thereafter, is thinly documented with the exception
of his membership on the President's Commission on the Assassination of President
Kennedy (Warren Commission). The Ford office routinely destroyed many noncurrent
files until 1964, when the University of Michigan approached Ford about the
archival deposit of the papers now at the Ford Library. As a result, constituent
and interspersed political correspondence, House Republican circulars and press
releases, Republican Party publications and other reference material, special
subject files, and travel and office administration files are extensive (or
even extant) only from the early 1960s. See also especially the Ford
Vice-Presidential Papers, which include congressional-era materials gathered
during the confirmation process, and the Robert
Hartmann Papers. View digital images of selected series.
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Material from the writing of A Time to Heal,
1977-79 (15
feet)
Open to research are Ford's handwritten reflections (42 pages) on twenty-seven
topics such as "How I make decisions," "What religion means
to me," and "Richard Nixon's place in history." Ford prepared
them at the request of Trevor Armbrister, a journalist who assisted in the
research and writing of A Time to Heal. View digital images of the reflections. The bulk of this collection,
which includes no White House-era files, is unavailable to research.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Papers relating to his U.S. Navy service, 1941-75 (less
than one foot)
A copy of Lieutenant Commander Ford's official Navy personnel file, his own
file of orders and fitness ratings, and materials received from former shipmates.
During World War II, Ford served in the Pacific on a light aircraft carrier
as director of physical training, a gunnery officer, and an assistant navigator.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Reproductions from other Presidential libraries,
1949-68 (less
than one foot)
The Ford Library has acquired reproductions of miscellaneous Ford-related items
at other presidential libraries. Limited searches in obvious file locations
yielded these miscellaneous materials about Ford in the Truman, Eisenhower,
and Johnson Libraries. Included are tape recordings and transcripts of telephone
and other conversations by President Johnson concerning the Warren Commission
and the assassination of President Kennedy.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Redacted version of the FBI investigatory report on
Gerald Ford, nominee for Vice President, 1973 (less than one foot)
This report, submitted to the Congressional committees charged with investigating Vice President-designate Gerald R. Ford, consists of field office reports and raw investigative data prepared by special agents, along with supporting materials.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Scrapbooks, 1929-2006 (36 feet and 73
volumes)
From 1929-78, Gerald Ford, his family, and later his staff, compiled 73 scrapbooks
documenting his activities. The first 37 volumes, extending to Ford's Vice-Presidential
nomination, are an especially useful biographical resource. The scrapbooks
primarily include newspaper and magazine articles, but also programs, invitations,
newsletters, other memorabilia and occasional correspondence. After 1978, Ford
Library volunteers undertook the task of clipping articles from periodicals
accumulated by Ford's staff. The 1929-78 scrapbooks are available on microfilm
through interlibrary loan; a duplicate non-circulating set is available in
the Grand Rapids Public Library.

FORD,
GERALD R.:Vice-Presidential Papers, (1948) 1973-74 (105
feet)
The collection dates from October 12, 1973, when President Nixon nominated
Gerald Ford to become Vice President. The Robert Hartmann segment, however,
includes material culled from Ford's Congressional Papers for use during Ford's
confirmation hearings. The Vice-Presidential Papers are relatively complex
and hard to use, in part because of the suddenness of events and re-organization
of Ford's staff.
The collection includes material on Ford's congressional career and Vice-Presidential
confirmation; miscellaneous domestic and foreign policy issues; Ford's scheduling,
travel, and speeches; office organization; and constituent casework and public
opinion mail. However, material on the Watergate affair and relations with
the Nixon White House is scattered, and material on the Presidential transition
is very limited. View digital images of files concerning Vice President Ford's meetings with foreign and diplomatic officials.

FORD,
RICHARD A.:Ford Paint &Varnish Company scrapbook, 1929-62 (2
feet)Brother of Gerald Ford; Grand Rapids businessman.
Scrapbook primarily of newsclippings, photos, and advertisements related to
the Ford family business. The scrapbook was kept by Gerald R. Ford, Sr., as
company founder, and continued by son Richard as his successor. A microfilm
copy is available on interlibrary loan.

FORD,
THOMAS:Papers and family books, 1880-1978 (5 feet) Brother of Gerald Ford; legislator and official, Michigan state
government.
Included are a few early letters from Gerald Ford, Jr., to family, souvenir
items, and a scrapbook on Thomas Ford's career in government. The bulk of the
collection comprises books that belonged to the Ford family. A microfilm copy
of the scrapbook is available on interlibrary loan.

FRENCH,
JAY T.:Files, 1974-75 (3 feet) Office of the Counsel to the President: Assistant
Counsel to the President.
The files primarily concern the Presidential Clemency Board and the amnesty
program for Vietnam-era draft evaders and military absence offenders.

FRIEDERSDORF,
MAX L.:Files, 1974-77 (6 feet) Congressional Relations Office: Assistant to the
President for Legislative Affairs.
Friedersdorf assisted, then succeeded, William
Timmons as head of the Congressional Relations Office. A subject series
contains a small amount of material on Congress and each of the many domestic
and foreign issues before it. Other files include extensive sets of standard
briefing papers for Presidential-congressional meetings, personnel clearance
records, and social invitations to members of Congress. Friedersdorf conducted
much of his business in person on Capitol Hill, often reporting orally to Ford.
This collection is most useful when read with the files of office colleagues
and John
Marsh. See the Loen-Leppert
collection for Friedersdorf's 1974 files as an assistant for liaison
with the House of Representatives.

GERGEN,
DAVID R.:Files (1973-75), 1976 (12 feet) Special Assistant to Richard Cheney. Communications
Office: Director; Special Counsel to the President for Communications.
Gergen assisted in the 1976 campaign. He compiled debate briefing material
on Jimmy Carter's positions, drafted some Presidential speeches independently
of Robert Hartmann's speechwriting staff, and handled some media relations
independently of Ron Nessen's Press Office. Gergen also coordinated the nomination
process for the Medal of Freedom awards. There is no documentation for Gergen's
relationship with the President Ford Committee, however, and the standing functions
of the Communications Office are better documented in the Gerald Warren and
Margita White Files.

GOLDWIN,
ROBERT A.:Files, 1974-76 (2 feet) White House Operations Office: Special Consultant
to the President.
The Goldwin Files supplement the Goldwin Papers described below.

GOLDWIN,
ROBERT A.:Papers, 1973-77 (12 feet)
A self-proclaimed "outsider on the inside," Goldwin sought ideas
from scholars working outside the government to pass on to officials within
the government. He organized a series of White House seminars, assisted in
drafting speeches for President Ford and Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, and
identified scholars for possible positions within the administration. The papers
reflect Goldwin's extensive contact with prominent intellectuals nationwide
on such issues as education, the humanities, crime, and the philosophy of limited
government. The papers also include material on President Ford's November
1975 reorganization of senior personnel.

GOODELL,
CHARLES E.:Papers, 1973-77 (9 feet) Presidential Clemency Board: Chairman. Attorney,
lobbyist, and former U.S. Representative and Senator.
The clemency program for Vietnam War draft evaders and military absence offenders
is extensively documented in Clemency Board minutes, case summaries, and internal
memorandums. Also documented is Goodell's attorney/lobbyist work on such issues
as privacy legislation, auto emissions, and Concorde SST landing rights.

GORDON,
SHANA:Papers, 1975-77 (less than one foot) Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: Assistant
Commissioner for Public Affairs (Office of Education); Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs.
The main topic is HEW's overall public relations efforts, especially the planning
and execution of the Office of Education's public information program.

GOROG,
WILLIAM F.:Files, 1975-76 (4 feet) Office of the Presidential Assistant for Economic
Affairs: Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. Economic
Policy Board: Deputy Director.
The 1976 amendments to the Clean Air Act and Gorog's activities as an economic
spokesman are focal points of this fragmentary, diverse file.

GRAND
RAPIDS ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION(less than one foot)
Seven people who knew Ford as a young man discuss their acquaintanceships,
Grand Rapids politics in the 1930s and 1940s, and Ford's 1948 congressional
campaign. Interviewees are Arthur Brown, Philip Buchen, Kay Clark, Margaret
and Paul Goebel, Dorothy Judd, Willard Ver Meulen, and Niel Weathers. National
Archives staff conducted the interviews in 1980.View digital images of the oral history transcripts.

GREENER,
WILLIAM I., Jr.:Papers, 1975-76 (7 feet) Press Office: Deputy Press Secretary. Department
of Defense: Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. President Ford Committee:
Director of Communications.
The papers in part concern press briefings, media liaison during trips, the
organization and operation of White House and Defense Department press offices,
and the advocates program of the 1976 Republican campaign.

GULLEY, WARREN L. "BILL"
Air Force One Passenger manifests, 1974-77 (less than one foot)White House Military Office: Director
This collection consists of passenger manifests of flights made by President Ford, Mrs. Ford, and the Ford family on government-owned aircraft. Also included is a chronological list of Air Force One trips of President Ford and a map of Camp David. Mr. Gulley donated additional items to the Ford Museum.

HAIG,
ALEXANDER M.:Files, 1973-74 (3 feet) White House Operations Office: Assistant to the President.
An August-September 1974 file of communications with White House staff concerns
the Nixon-Ford transition: personnel, selection of a new Vice President, Richard
Nixon's transition to private life, and scheduling for the new President. A
file dating to 1973 has invitations, congratulations and other routine social
correspondence. Haig briefly reviewed his weeks in the Ford White House in
his memoir Inner Circles (1992).

HALDAMAN, JAMES D.:Photographs and Papers, 1980-81 (less than
one foot)Official Photographer, Community Events Committee, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum Dedication Committee
.
This collection consists of textual and audiovisual materials related to the planning and execution of community events held in conjunction with the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in September 1981. The textual materials, which consist of press releases, schedules, correspondence, agendas, and minutes, document the work of the Gerald R. Ford Museum Dedication Committee’s Community Events Committee headed by Peter Secchia. These events celebrated the opening of the Ford Museum, and included a lecture series, fireworks, and the dedication ceremony, among others. There is also a significant amount of material in the collection related to the week-long “Celebration on the Grand” in Grand Rapids, MI, which took place at the same time as the dedication.

HALPER,
SAMUEL:Files, 1974-76 (1 foot) Domestic Council: Consultant on Puerto
Rico .
The collection consists primarily of Norman
Ross's and James
Falk's files from their work on the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Puerto
Rico . Halper, a journalist, inherited and used the files while serving
as a part-time consultant.

HAMPTON,
ROBERT E.:Papers, 1960-77 (16 feet) Civil Service Commission: Commissioner and Chairman.
Federal Labor Relations Council: Member and Chairman.
Hampton 's speeches and trip case files are the bulk of the collection. Labor-management
issues within the federal government and Hampton 's membership in the National
Academy of Public Administration are prominent topics in the modest subject
files.

HANZLIK,
RAYBURN:Files, 1975-76 (11 feet) Domestic Council: Coordinator of Public Forums on
Domestic Policy; Associate Director for Intergovernmental Relations.
Vice President Rockefeller conducted a series of meetings around the country
to gauge public domestic policy concerns. Hanzlik handled the logistics, staff,
and records of proceedings but not policy evaluation or follow-up. A small
portion of this file concerns Hanzlik's work as an assistant to Stephen
McConahey.

HARTMANN,
ROBERT T.:Files, 1974-77 (38 feet) Counsellor to the President.
Hartmann was senior staff adviser and speechwriter to Representative and Vice
President Ford. He remained a senior adviser in the White House, where his
formal duties included direction of the Editorial and Speechwriting Staff and
relations with national, state, and local units of the Republican Party. Hartmann
personally drafted many important Ford speeches, including those on the Bicentennial
of American independence and Ford's acceptance of the Republican Presidential
nomination. His files are useful on many other topics, for example, the 1974
nomination of Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President, but overall this collection
does not fully reflect Hartmann's senior role.
See especially the Hartmann personal papers described below. See also the Ford Congressional and Vice-Presidential
Papers for Hartmann materials 1968-1974, the files of White House Editorial
and Speechwriting Office staff, and the files of political liaison assistants Gwen
Anderson and Jack
Calkins.

HARTMANN,
ROBERT T.:Papers, (1884) 1934-83 (96 feet) Journalist. Senior adviser to Ford as House Minority
Leader, Vice President, and President.
In 1966, Hartmann left a successful journalism career to work for the Republican
Party in the House of Representatives. Thus began a close and long association
with Gerald Ford, who was then Minority Leader. Topics in Hartmann's papers
include Republican opposition to Great Society programs, speechwriting and
press relations, and liaison between House Republicans and the Nixon White
House, including minutes of 1969-71 leadership meetings (view digital images of the minutes). Subsequent material
concerns the Ford vice presidency, operation of the Ford White House, the 1976
campaign, and Hartmann's important memoir, Palace Politics: An Inside Account
of the Ford Years (1980).
The collection also richly documents Hartmann's earlier life and journalism
career. There is material on Hartmann's youth and public schooling in Beverly
Hills, California, and at Stanford University during the Great Depression,
a 1938 post-college trip to Japan and occupied Manchuria and thence to Europe
, World War II service in the Pacific, and Hartmann's career as a Los Angeles
Times reporter and bureau chief.
In 1994, the Library received an additional shipment of chronologically and
topically diverse papers. These are currently unprocessed.

HASEK,
ELISKA A.:Files, 1974-77 (3 feet) Editorial and Speechwriting Staff: Director of Presidential
Messages.
Hasek, after screening requests from the public, drafted messages of commendation,
greetings, and good will to individuals and groups or to mark such special
occasions as National Hobby Month. In 1976 assistant Michael Johnson answered
politically-oriented message and article requests.

HENDRIKS, WARREN K.:Files, (1974) 1975-76 (3 feet) Scheduling and Advance Office: Director, Office of
Presidential Spokesman.
Material concerning White House efforts to identify administration spokesmen to fill key speaking invitations that the President could not accept. The bulk of the collection dates from 1976.

HILLS,
CARLA:Speeches, 1975-77 (1 foot) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
A complete set of speeches from her HUD service.

HILLS, RODERICK M.:Papers, 1975-2000 (34 feet)Counsel to the President. Securites and Exchange Commission: Chairman. Attorney in private practice and advocate for effective corporate governance.
The collection includes some correspondence from Hill's White House service, but most of Hills' work files went to his successor Edward Schmults. Hills' Securities and Exchange Commission work is reflected especially in files of his speeches and congressional testimony. The bulk of the collection concerns Hills' post-government work, but these files remain unprocessed/closed.

HOFFMANN,
MARTIN R.:Papers and Scrapbooks, (1962) 1971-77 (1991) (26
feet and 9 volumes) Atomic Energy Commission: General Counsel; Department
of Defense: General Counsel, then Secretary of the Army; member, Defense
Secretary's Commission on Base Realignment and Closure (1988).
Material primarily from Hoffmann's work as General Counsel under James Schlesinger
at both the Atomic Energy Commission (1971-73) and the Defense Department
(1973-75); and his work, mostly under Donald Rumsfeld, as Secretary of the
Army (1975-77). Hoffmann's 1988 work on military base realignment
is significantly documented also.

HOLLOWAY,
EVERETT RAY:Papers, 1971-76 (less than one foot) U.S. Navy serviceman,
participant in clemency program.
Materials concerning his Vietnam-era military service and participation in
the Ford administration's clemency program.

HOOPES,
DAVID C.:Files, (1972) 1974-77 (26 feet) Staff Secretary's Office: Special Assistant to
the President.
Materials primarily related to daily administration of White House Office spending,
personnel actions and allocations, office space, passes, equipment, perquisites,
and comparable matters. Some material relates to other Executive branch personnel
matters or to administration of the Executive Office of the President. Additionally,
there is an extensive chronological set of briefing papers for Presidential
meetings and events.
See "Must I make advance arrangements to see
certain "open" collections?"
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

HUTCHINSON,
EDWARD:Papers, 1959-76 (181 feet) Michigan state government,
1947-62. U.S. Representative, 1963-76. Ranking Republican Member, House
Judiciary Committee, 1973-76.
Of special interest are files on the House inquiries into impeachment of Justice
William O. Douglas in 1970 and President Richard Nixon in 1973, and files on
the Vice-Presidential confirmation hearings of Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller.
Other files relate to bills considered by the Judiciary Committee, the House
Ethics Committee, the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate
System, and the 1961-62 Michigan Constitutional Convention. The collection
is on deposit from Michigan Historical Collections--Bentley Library.
See "Must I make advance arrangements to see
certain "open" collections?"
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

HYDE,
JAMES F.C., Jr., and STEPHEN WAYNE:Research interviews, 1975-77 (less than
one foot) Political scientists.
Between 1975-77, Hyde and Wayne interviewed 20 Ford staff members as part
of a research project on legislative clearance, enrolled bills, and legislative
programming. Many interviews also discussed work relationships and job stresses.
Interviewees included Domestic Council and Congressional Relations staff members,
Donald Ogilvie of OMB, Richard Cheney, James Connor, Robert Hartmann, and others.

HYLAND, WILLIAM G.:Printed material and papers, ca. 1975-92 (48
feet) Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs, 1975-77, and other government posts. Editor, Foreign Affairs,
1984-92.
Unprocessed - closed to research.

INGERSOLL, ROBERT S.:Papers, 1972-75 (6 feet)Ambassador to Japan; Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs; Deputy Secretary of State
Unprocessed - closed to research.

JONES,
JERRY H.:Files, 1974-77 (24 feet) White House Staff Secretary. Scheduling and Advance
Office: Deputy Assistant to the President.
Jones's files are especially informative on administration of the White House
Office, the 1976 Presidential nomination, and general election campaigns, media
relations, and the purposes and planning of Presidential trips and schedules.
Jones worked under the immediate direction of Donald Rumsfeld and Richard Cheney.

JONES,
SIDNEY L.:Papers, (1954) 1969-92 (1995) (8 feet) Economist; Department of the Treasury, Assistant
Secretary for Economic Policy; other senior government positions; academic
positions.
Jones held a variety of important economic policy positions in the Nixon, Ford,
Reagan, and Bush, senior, administrations. The collection spans his government
and non-government career and includes highly substantive policy memoranda,
academic papers, speeches, and other material.

KENDALL,
WILLIAM:Files, (1971) 1974-77 (7 feet) Congressional Relations Office: Deputy Assistant
to the President for Legislative Affairs (Senate).
Kendall , with assistants Patrick
O'Donnell and Joseph Jenckes, handled White House relations with senators.
He succeeded Thomas Korologos, whose materials dating from 1971 are scattered
in this collection. Topics include the Vietnam War, military spending, intelligence
community oversight, and energy issues. Other files concern confirmation of
appointees, courtesies, and scheduling.

KILBERG,
BOBBIE GREENE:Files, 1974-77 (10 feet) Office of the Counsel to the President: Associate
Counsel to the President.
Prominent topics include busing for school desegregation, the Arab boycott
of U.S. firms dealing with Israel , the Vietnam-era clemency program, Secret
Service protection, and the Cabinet Committee to Combat Terrorism. Other, smaller,
files range from abortion to implementation of the Helsinki agreements.

KISSINGER, HENRY A.:Photocopies of selected files from the Kissinger Papers
at the Library of Congress, 1974-77 (6 feet) Secretary of State. Assistant to the President for
National Security.
Unprocessed - closed to research.

KNAUER, VIRGINIA H.:Files, (1967-68) 1969-77 (34 feet) Public Liaison Office: Special Assistant for Consumer
Affairs; and
Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs,
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare .
This collection contains materials relating to Virginia Knauer’s work as Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs under the Nixon and Ford administrations. The materials document consumer programs, budget development, and implementation of the President’s Consumer Representation Plan, as well as related speeches, press releases and publications.

KONTOS,
C. WILLIAM:Papers, 1976-82 (less than one foot) Sinai Support Mission (SSM):
Director and Special Representative of the President.
The SSM managed an early warning system in support of a United Nations buffer
zone between Egyptian and Israeli armed forces in the Sinai. Included are Kontos's
remarks to International Peace Academy seminars and other groups and SSM reports
to Congress. The use of sensor technology as a peacekeeping tool is a collateral
topic.

KOSTERS,
MARVIN:Files, 1974-75 (2 feet) Office of the Presidential Assistant for Economic
Affairs: Consultant.
Main topics are the creation of the Economic Policy Board, the board's March
1975 quarterly policy review, and relations with the Office of the Special
Representative for Trade Negotiations during a period of upheaval in OSTR personnel
and responsibility.

KUROPAS,
MYRON B.:Files, 1976-77 (5 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Special Assistant for Ethnic
Affairs.
Kuropas was a liaison with ethnic community leaders and voluntary organizations
during 1976. The collection includes a generally routine reference file for
such groups as the American Latvian Association and the Japanese-American Citizens
League.

KUROPAS, MYRON B.:Papers, (1963) 1975-77 (10 feet)
Materials relating primarily to Kuropas’s work as Special Assistant to the President for Ethnic Affairs in 1976, including arrangements for meetings with ethnic groups and background information on ethnic issues. A few items concern his duties in 1977 as Legislative Assistant to Senator Robert Dole

LAZARUS,
KENNETH A.:Files, 1974-77 (24 feet) Office of the Counsel to the President: Associate
Counsel to the President.
The breadth of topics in this collection and the variety of staff who
contributed to it suggest that these files may have been shared by several
attorneys in the White House Counsel's Office. Illustrative topics include:
John Paul Stevens' nomination to the Supreme Court, sex discrimination
and the Title IX program, claims of executive privilege or legislative
encroachment, standards of conduct for White House staff, the death penalty,
public access to government information, and the pardon of Iva Toguri
("Tokyo Rose").

LEHMANN,
WOLFGANG J.:Papers, 1973-79 (2002) (one foot) U.S. Consul General, Can Tho, South Vietnam; U.S.
Minister to the Republic of VietnamIncludes oral histories, memos, and published and unpublished commentary on
the fall of Saigon; memorabilia such as maps, an embassy directory, and issues
of the Saigon Post; papers on administrative matters in the wake of
the evacuation; and photos from the period preceding the fall of Saigon.

LEONARD,
MILDRED V.:Files, 1974-76 (8 feet) President's Office: Personal Assistant to the President.
The bulk is routine personal correspondence
between President Ford (or Mildred Leonard on his behalf) and his family, friends,
colleagues, and former constituents. Many of these letters are congratulatory
in nature, but some also express opinions of the Nixon pardon and other events
and policies and “get well soon” wishes for Mrs. Ford. See "Must I make advance arrangements
to see certain "open" collections?"
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

LINDH,
PATRICIA S.:Papers, (1970) 1973-77 (less than one
foot) Special Assistant to President for Women's Programs.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural and Educational Affairs.
Speeches, clippings, occasional memos, and other items related primarily to
her White House work.

LINDH,
PATRICIA, and JEANNE HOLM:Files, 1974-77 (21 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Special Assistants to the
President for Women's Programs.
Lindh, her successor Holm, and their assistant, Karen Keesling, served as liaisons
between the White House and women's organizations. The Equal Rights Amendment,
International Women's Year, presidential appointment of women, and issues affecting
the civil and economic rights of women are prominent topics.

LISSY,
DAVID:Files, 1974-77 (19 feet) Domestic Council: Associate Director for Education,
Labor and Veterans. Special Assistant for Domestic Affairs.
Includes files of Lissy's predecessor, Roger
Semerad. Numerous and varied issues including, for examples, Ford's "Work
and Education" proposal, training and benefits for the unemployed, medical
care for veterans, and the Civil Service. Lissy also had major role in White
House liaison with Jewish groups.

LOEN,
VERNON, and CHARLES LEPPERT:Files, 1974-77 (18 feet) Congressional Relations Office: Deputy Assistants
to the President for Legislative Affairs (House).
Max Friedersdorf, Loen, and Leppert successively handled White House relations
with the House of Representatives. Their files are intermingled here along
with files of their assistants. A subject file includes about 2,000 pages on
the House Select Committee on Intelligence, but more typical are single folders
on House issues ranging from starling control to the 1975 Sinai Agreement.
A chronological file on Presidential meetings with Representatives provides
standard briefing papers and, sometimes, additional information. Another file
documents the routine personnel clearance process with the House Minority Leader.

MACDONALD,
DAVID R.:Papers, 1973-76 (1978) (14 feet) Treasury Department: Assistant Secretary for Enforcement,
Operations, and Tariff Affairs. Defense Department: Undersecretary of the
Navy.
The papers are substantive and relate especially to foreign trade and tariff
matters, and Treasury Department law enforcement responsibilities. There is
scant material from Macdonald's Navy post.

MADURO,
REYNALDO P.:Files, 1976 (1 foot) Office of Public Liaison: Deputy Special Assistant
for Hispanic Affairs.
Maduro was a White House liaison with voters of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent
in the closing weeks of the 1976 Presidential election. Much of the collection
is routine travel and schedule information.

MARRS,
THEODORE C.:Files, 1974-76 (46 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Special Assistant to the
President for Human Resources.
Marrs handled relations with about 160 widely varied interest groups, accumulating
files of substantial research value. Prominent topics include matters affecting
Native Americans, veterans, retirees, health care professionals, refugees from
Indochina , and families of servicemen taken prisoner or missing in action
in Indochina .

MARSH,
JOHN O.:Files, 1974-77 (48 feet) Counsellor to the President.
Ford had known Marsh as a conservative Democratic Representative from Virginia
, then as Nixon's Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs, 1972-73.
Marsh joined Ford's Vice-Presidential staff and emerged as a key White House
adviser, directing the White House Congressional Relations and Public Liaison
Offices.
Marsh worked on a wide range of domestic and foreign policy issues and handled
special assignments. The latter included coordination of White House responses
to congressional investigations of the intelligence community, celebration
of the Bicentennial of American independence, and transition matters related
to former President Nixon. Congressional relations are especially well documented,
sometimes including minutes of Republican and bipartisan leadership meetings
with Ford. There is little Public Liaison Office material. A file series on
intelligence matters is closed. View digital images of the documents from selected series.

MASSENGALE,
SARAH:Files, 1974-77 (15 feet) Domestic Council: Assistant Director for Health,
Social Security, and Welfare.
Topics include abortion, problems of the aging and the handicapped, child welfare,
health care, and medical research. The files also reflect Massengale's work
on historic preservation, fine arts, and other cultural issues.

MATHEWS,
DAVID:Microfilm and papers, 1975-77 (25 reels and
three feet) Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; President,
Kettering Foundation.
The extensive microfilm includes Mathews's communications with the White House,
Members of Congress, governors, Cabinet colleagues, and HEW staff as well as
images of related materials and publications. Advance
written permission to use the microfilm is required and may be sought through
the Curator of Special Collections, Main Library, University of Alabama, University,
AL 35486. A much later accession, comprised of materials from an ongoing research
project, is currently unprocessed/closed.

McCALL,
CHARLES H.:Files, 1974-77 (80 feet) Editorial and Speechwriting Staff: Director of
Research.
McCall and predecessor Agnes Waldron supervised a staff that checked the factual
accuracy of draft Presidential speeches, messages and other statements. The
staff also gave reference support to the speechwriters. An extensive reference
file of newspaper articles, press releases, newsletters and similar material
is open to research. Also included are copies of speeches and remarks sent to this office for fact and style checking.
NOT FULLY DESCRIBED IN PRESNET.

McCONAHEY,
STEPHEN G.:Files, 1975-77 (17 feet) Domestic Council: Associate Director for Transportation.
Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.
McConahey handled liaison and policy coordination with state, local, and territorial
governments, and with related organizations such as the National Governors'
Conference and the National League of Cities. Community development, energy
and environmental policies, revenue sharing, the 1976 campaign, and federal
aid are typical issues. A smaller portion of the collection derives from McConahey's
work on such transportation issues as no-fault insurance and highway projects.

McCRACKEN,
PAUL W.:Files, 1974 (2 feet) White House staff: Consultant to Counsellor Kenneth
Rush.
McCracken, a distinguished economist, served a three-week appointment to help
with the Conference on Inflation and Ford's subsequent special economic address.

MCLENNAN, JULIETTE C. "Judy"
Papers, 1976 (less than one foot)Director of Volunteers, President Ford Committee
The papers concern her activities as director of the National Volunteer Desk of People for Ford during the 1976 general election campaign. They include her overview, assesment, and final statistical reporting on the National Volunteer Desk.

MEDEMA, MELVIN:Correspondence with Gerald Ford, 1949-77 (less than
one foot)Grand Rapids constituent and businessman.
Approximately one dozen letters on a wide variety of public issues exchanged between Medema over the length of Ford's career in office.

MEEKER,
DAVID O.:Papers, 1971-84 (10 feet) Department of Housing and Urban Development: Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
This is primarily a personal reference collection of reports, memos,
speeches, and briefing and study material from Meeker's HUD tenure. Major
topics include housing, community development, disaster assistance national
growth policy, urban policy, and celebration of the Bicentennial. There
are some materials from Meeker's work with the city of Indianapolis and the
American Institute of Architects.

MIECZKOWSKI, YANEK:Research interviews, 1994-2007 (less than one
foot)Professor of History.
This collection consists of audiocassettes and transcripts of interviews of former President Gerald R. Ford, Ford White House staff, agency officials, and congressmen. Yanek Mieczkowski conducted the interviews in support of his scholarly works, including his book, Gerald Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s. The interviews focus heavily on Gerald Ford’s response to the economic and energy crises of the 1970s, relations with Congress, 1975 State of the Union Address, and the 1976 Presidential campaign.

MILLER, CHARLES T.:
Telegrams, April-June 1975 (less than one foot)Captain, merchant ship Mayagauez
The collection primarily contains marine telegrams between Charles T. Miller, captain of the merchant ship SS Mayaguez, and officials from Sea-Land Service, Inc., the ship’s parent company. The messages were exchanged shortly before the ship and crew were seized by Khmer Rouge armed forces and after they were recovered by U.S. armed forces in May 1975.

MILTICH,
PAUL A.:Papers, (1972) 1973-77 (4 feet) Press Secretary to Vice President Ford; Special
Assistant to the President for Public Affairs.
The bulk of the collection consists of newspaper clippings, wire stories, and
press releases. Also included are position papers on issues and administration
accomplishments released to the news media, routine correspondence concerning
press relations, and speeches and press interviews of Vice President Ford.

MITLER,
MILTON E.:Files, 1972-77 (17 feet) Office of Public Liaison: Deputy Assistant to the
President for Human Resources.
Some material concerns Mitler's relations with the National League of Families
of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia . The bulk, however, reflects
his role as White House representative to individuals and groups celebrating
the Bicentennial of American independence.

MORTON,
ROGERS C. B.:Files, (1975) 1976 (2 feet) Counsellor to the President for Political Affairs.
The collection focuses on the organization of the President Ford Committee
(PFC) and its early efforts to secure the Republican Presidential nomination
for Ford. Morton left the White House in April 1976 to become PFC chairman.

MOSKOW, MICHAEL:
Papers, 1969-92 (7 feet) Federal government official with the Council of Economic Advisers, Department of Labor, Department
of Housing and Urban Development, Council on Wage and Price Stability, and Office of U.S.Trade Representative.
The collection contains materials from economist Moskow’s work during the Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and George H.W. Bush administrations. They concern such topics as collective bargaining, labor disputes, employment, economic policies, wage and price policies, and U.S. trade.